How old do you think this little gem is? 1890? 1880? Well, you are wrong! This little unassuming 4-4-0 was made in 1864! That is 149 years old and amazing. Yet another cool fact: it was built for ... (more)
ST&E 678 heads for home with a short train after switching the UP interchange at Flora Street in the late afternoon.
Stockton was a great escape from the mundane Sacramento fare of SP. Here I could see the "exotics", ATSF, ST&E and WP. Yeah, yeah I know WP came thru SAC but it wasn't the same as the shops.
As I recall this was one of those "family" trips and I was being humored by being allowed to stop off for a short visit. "Ooh, they all look alike, but go ahead it you must". Thus I only have one... (more)
Lucky Sevens suns itself outside the enginehouse in Stockton. Once an Alco operation, Stockton Terminal & Eastern mainly relies on two EMD switchers, both in this new paint scheme.
Built in 1864 by E.S. Norris in Lancaster, PA for the Western Pacific; it was lettered "G" and nicknamed "Mariposa." The WP was not the later railroad, but a construction entity building the Centr... (more)
Stockton Terminal & Eastern S-1 505 soaks up the sun at the ST&E enginehouse in Stockton, CA, on March 10, 2007. This 1942-built Alco locomotive was purchased from the Western Pacific on October ... (more)
Stockton Terminal & Eastern S-4 564 soaks up the sun at the ST&E enginehouse in Stockton, CA, on March 10, 2007. This 1951-built Alco locomotive was purchased from the Western Pacific on December... (more)
